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MERLEFEST 2005 Adds Alison Krauss and King Wilkie
Ticket Sales Begin on November 9, 2004
WILKESBORO, NC: MerleFest 2005 has announced the addition of
multiple Grammy winners Alison Krauss & Union Station and Rebel recording
artists King Wilkie, IBMA Emerging Artists of the Year, to its already
outstanding lineup. Ticket sales for MerleFest 2005 will begin on
Tuesday, November 9, 2004 at 2:00 PM EST. Wilkes Community College will present
MerleFest 2005, the 18th
annual festival in celebration of the music of the late Merle Watson and his
father Doc Watson, on its campus in Wilkesboro, NC on April 28 - May 1, 2005.
Those joining Doc Watson and Merle’s son Richard Watson for MerleFest 2005 will
include Balfa Toujours; BR549; Sam Bush; The Chieftains; Vassar Clements;
Eustace Conway; John Cowan Band; Rodney Crowell; Donna the Buffalo; Jerry
Douglas; The Duhks; Bela Fleck; John Hiatt, Corey Harris; John Jorgenson; The
Kruger Brothers; Jim Lauderdale; Robert Lockwood, Jr.; Loretta Lynn; Del McCoury
Band; Buddy Miller; Allison Moorer; Tim O’Brien; Railroad Earth; Tony Rice Unit;
Peter Rowan; Darrell Scott; Earl Scruggs; Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder; Joe
Thompson & Bob Carlin; and The Waybacks. MerleFest 2005 will offer a reunion of
Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys featuring Earl Scruggs, Vassar Clements, Bobby
Hicks, Roland White, Tater Tate, Roland White, Del McCoury, host Peter Rowan,
and others. The festival will also present two nights of The Chieftains with
guests from the Down the Old Plank Road sessions including Doc, Douglas,
Fleck, Hiatt, McCoury, Miller, Moorer, O’Brien, Scruggs, Skaggs, Krauss, and
more.
Starting on November 9 at
2 PM EST, those with Internet access may acquire their tickets easily by
visiting
www.merlefest.org
and, if purchasing assigned seats at the Watson Stage, actually pick their seat
location on line. Those without Internet access may purchase tickets by calling
1-800-343-7857 (US only) or 336-838-6267 (non-US) from 10 AM through 4 PM, EST,
weekdays. Tickets may also be ordered by fax (336-838-6263) and mail (MerleFest;
P.O. Box 120; Wilkesboro, NC 28697). Those interested in volunteering for
MerleFest should call 336-838-6292. Vendor info: 336-838-6291. Sponsorship
inquiries: 919-542-3997.
MerleFest 2005 has also confirmed appearances by Timmy Abell; R.G Absher & Extra
Measure; Scott Ainslie; Alberti Flea Circus; The Avett Brothers; Etta Baker; Roy
Book Binder; Laura Boosinger; Henry Butler; CanJoe John; Hayes Carll; T Michael
Coleman; Crooked Jades; Daybreak; Deer Clan Singers; Dixie Dawn; Gigi Dover;
Tony Ellis and the Musicians of Braeburn; Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer; Mary
Flower; Pat Flynn; Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble; Gospel Jubilators; The
Greencards; George Hamilton IV; George Hamilton V; Caroline Herring; Bobby
Hicks; Bob Hill; Clyde Hollifield; David Holt & the Lightning Bolts;
Hushpuppies; Billy Jonas; Carl Jones & Beverly Smith; Mel Jones; Si Kahn; Jack
Lawrence; The Little Rascals; Jeff Little; Brack Llewellyn; The Local Boys; Bill
Mathis; Andy May; John Mooney; Nashville Bluegrass Band; NC Thumb & Finger Style
Guitar Players; Mollie O’Brien; Old School Freight Train; Josh Pinkham & The
Pinkham Family Band; Shana Banana; Joe Smothers; Stillhouse Bottom Band; Tater
Tate; Happy Traum; Wayfaring Strangers; Charles Welch; Pete & Joan Wernick;
Roland White; The Wilders; Robin & Linda Williams; Tony Williamson; and Zoe
Speaks. All bookings are subject to change without notice due to circumstances
beyond the control of the festival.
MerleFest has continued to evolve, grow, and improve since 1988, becoming one of
the most important annual events in the Southeast. In so doing MerleFest has
defined and led the way for the emerging field called Americana music. MerleFest
offers a generation and genre crossing mix of traditional and contemporary roots
music, bringing together the very best of bluegrass, contemporary acoustic,
Celtic, blues, folk, old-time, Cajun, jazz, and singer-songwriter musics, along
with traditional dance and crafts.
Major MerleFest 2005 sponsors include Al Moss Promotions,
BluegrassCountry.org, Burger King, C&J LP Gas Company, Cedar Creek Custom Case
Shoppe/TKL, Charter Communications, Chetola Resort at Blowing Rock, Collings
Guitars, Curtis Media, Deering Banjo Company, Gibson Musical Instruments,
Hardees/Dermox, Huss and Dalton Guitar Co, Homespun Tapes Ltd., iBluegrass & The
Acoustic Network, JBL, J D'Addario & Co, John Pearse Strings, Lowe's Home
Improvement Warehouses, Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC, Sprint, Stelling Banjo
Works, Sugar Hill Records, Taylor Guitars, Tyson Foods, Inc., Western Beat
Entertainment, Winston-Salem Journal, WNCW Public Radio, WUNC 91.5 FM.
[kill date 5/1/05]
MerleFest Information: 800-343-7857 or
www.merlefest.org
For more media information: Print: Traci Thomas, Grassroots Media
(traci@newwestrecords.com
;
615-473-6687; 336-877-0766); Non-print: Art Menius
(artmenius@mindspring.com
;
919-542-3997, 336-957-1470; Fax: 240-250-7229).
Media credentials for MerleFest 2005 should have been requested no later than
March 25, 2005.
Art Menius
Partnership and
National Marketing Coordinator, MerleFest
2069 Andrews Store Rd
Pittsboro, NC 27312
919-542-3997
Fax: 240-250-7229
www.merlefest.org
www.mindspring.com/~artmenius/
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